An Interview with Richard Valtr

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Richard Valtr, Founder of Mews, and one of our facilitators from the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? RV: We have always loved being a part of the BLLA’s […]

An Interview with Jason Pinto

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Jason Pinto, COO of Pace Revenue, and one of our facilitators from the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? JP: Meeting and networking with innovators who are not afraid […]

An Interview with Deborah O’Donnell

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Deborah O’Donnell, Director Strategic Sales, Lodging & Institutions at DIRECTV, as she prepares to participate in the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? DO: I love attending these conferences […]

An Interview with Marissa Ballan

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Marissa Ballan, Vice President, Global Investment Management at citizenM Hotels, as she prepares to participate in the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? MB: I am excited to participate […]

An Interview with Richard Roderick

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Richard Roderick, Partner & Executive Vice President at Lockton, as he prepares to attend the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? RR:The Boutique Hotel Investment Conference, like all BLLA […]

An Interview with Curtis Crimmins

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Curtis Crimmins, CEO of Roomza, as he prepares to participate in the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: How did you come to enter the hospitality industry? CC: I’m a lifelong hotelier who got my first taste of the business by following my mom to […]

An Interview with Frank Wolfe

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Frank Wolfe, CEO of HFTP, as he prepares to participate in the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? FW: Associations are, by definition, built by connections. These connections occur […]

An Interview with Amit Patel

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Amit Patel, Business Line Manager, Hospitality at Corporate Spending Innovations, as he prepares to attend the 2023 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference on June 7-8 at Florence Gould Hall. BLLA: What are you hoping to get out of your participation in the Boutique Hotel Investment Conference? AP: Our participation […]

An Interview with Kim Twiggs

The BLLA Events Team sits down with Kim Twiggs, Associate Vice President of Market Development at DIRECTV, as she prepares to speak at the 2023 Women in Travel & Hospitality on March 2-3. BLLA: Why are you excited to be a sponsor? KT: DIRECTV is the largest provider of in-room entertainment in U.S. hotels*, so […]

BLLA’s Owners Conference as a gathering place for boutique hotels

The entire Geronimo team reunited at the recent owners conference held in Los Angeles in late October 2022 Pictured above are: Christopher Wolfgramm, Amy Isbell Williams, Frances Kiradjian (from BLLA), Chris Cline (top row). Anthony Richardson, Erin McDonald, Josh Rodgers, Darla Thomas (bottom row). This October, Geronimo Hospitality Group traveled to sunny California to attend […]